tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post919037790410668814..comments2023-09-07T12:12:55.877+01:00Comments on WelshnotBritish.com: The majority of Wales is Welsh not BritishAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11475962539522399975noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-65621536670724783982012-12-17T09:12:41.337+00:002012-12-17T09:12:41.337+00:00Regarding British identity, have a look at John Ma...Regarding British identity, have a look at John Major's take in 1993.<br /><br />"Fifty years on from now, Britain will still be the country of long shadows on cricket grounds, warm beer, invincible green suburbs, dog lovers and pools fillers and, as George Orwell said, 'Old maids bicycling to holy communion through the morning mist'." <br /><br />These are no doubt delightful images, but they are quintessentially English images.<br /><br />Robert Llewellyn TylerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-84730409733785447772012-12-14T20:04:56.648+00:002012-12-14T20:04:56.648+00:00Stu 18:12. If you want the people of the valleys t...Stu 18:12. If you want the people of the valleys to stop voting labour who do you suggest they vote for?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-22475938200912630072012-12-12T21:23:38.286+00:002012-12-12T21:23:38.286+00:00Flintshire is a shell of its former self
Read abo...Flintshire is a shell of its former self<br /><br />Read about those brave brave miners who stood up to the elites at Yr Wyddgrug/Mold in the 1860s....all spoke welsh, thought they were welsh<br /><br />4 murdered by state troops on the railway banks....now a Tesco....A tesco in which I got strange looks for using some basic welsh<br /><br />We need an ode to dear Flintshire and the memories it once heldAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-55279359944850648912012-12-12T19:58:28.380+00:002012-12-12T19:58:28.380+00:00Is this post available in Welsh?Is this post available in Welsh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-21440020909350778612012-12-12T16:42:58.128+00:002012-12-12T16:42:58.128+00:00Stuart, according to these figures both the anglic...Stuart, according to these figures both the anglicised areas of Pembrokeshire & Wrexham have a higher percentage of people who consider themselves Welsh not British than Ceredigion. <br /><br />Will the once stronghold of Welsh identity now receive the unwanted title from Pembrokeshire of ‘Little England beyond Wales?’Mamwladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266647231847776222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-64843725608147029462012-12-11T22:42:29.105+00:002012-12-11T22:42:29.105+00:00If we have the Welsh increasingly regarding themse...If we have the Welsh increasingly regarding themselves as Welsh not British, but also a growing minority of English immigrants, most of whom reject everything Welsh, then we are moving towards two separate communities and polarisation. Jac o' the North,https://www.blogger.com/profile/02032744625666336148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-5584907625252900212012-12-11T21:36:45.050+00:002012-12-11T21:36:45.050+00:00I ray of light on an otherwise gloomy day of stati...I ray of light on an otherwise gloomy day of statistic reading, however, these pro Welsh not British figures will inevitably fall with the proposed transportation of families from the English inner cities to the working class areas such as Merthyr.<br /><br />English colonisation must be tackled now, Welsh politicians must wake up, grow some balls and realise it’s not racist to defend our national identity otherwise Cymru is finished as a nation.<br />Mamwladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16266647231847776222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-61555111269032463972012-12-11T20:05:04.842+00:002012-12-11T20:05:04.842+00:00Clutching at straws or what!Clutching at straws or what!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-44056757593361551842012-12-11T19:41:52.810+00:002012-12-11T19:41:52.810+00:00...and thank you for providing a beacon of hope to......and thank you for providing a beacon of hope today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-41215388861659888222012-12-11T19:34:34.262+00:002012-12-11T19:34:34.262+00:00Mind you....I'm almost left with an open mouth...Mind you....I'm almost left with an open mouth regarding Ceredigion. What have they allowed to happen to Ceredigion where I live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104008306812776429.post-15110466057142324152012-12-11T19:24:20.705+00:002012-12-11T19:24:20.705+00:00many thanks for compiling these figures stuart...t...many thanks for compiling these figures stuart...they are very very encouraging in terms of the future of the welsh nation.....<br /><br />theres no question there is a growing sense of welsh identity among people in wales(especially among the welsh working class it would seem).<br /><br />Contrast these figures with the figures taken just prior to the devolution referendum of 1997. Then the proportions of people in wales who considered themselves welsh or british were almost even...now look at the figures.<br /><br />Leigh Richards<br />swanseaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com